86 



indistinct darker spots, the warts often with black tips; yel- 

 lowish, greyish or pale olive beneath, uniform or marbled 

 with dark brown. Length 107 mm. 



Male with an internal subgular vocal sac and a black nuptial 

 excrescence on the outer side of the first and second fingers. 



Habitat: Celebes (Makasser ! ; Loka ! ; Bonthain peak (Bawa 

 Kraeng); Ahua riv. ; Rumbia; Mengkoka; Luwu ! ; Kulawi!; 

 Kantewu ! ; Sukon!; Bwool; Sumalata; Boliohutu mts.; Goron- 

 talo; Gurupahi!; Bolaang Mongondou ! ; Tomohon ; Rurukan; 

 Menado!; Kema). 



13. Bufo philippinicus Blgr. 



Bufo philippinicus BouleDger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) XIX, 1887, p. 348, 



pi. X, fig. 5. 

 Bufo philippinicus Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XIV, 1894, p. 88. 

 Bufo philippinicus Taylor, Philipp. Jrn. of Sc, XVI, 1920, p. 344, pi. IX, fig. 5. 



Cranial ridges rather similar to those of B. biporcatus, but the 

 supraorbital one ending in a very short branch, directed inwards 

 and distinct from the parietal one. which is more thickened; snout 

 truncate, short; canthus rostralis prominent; interorbital space 

 broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, verti- 

 cally oval, smaller than the eye. First finger extending much 

 beyond second; toes half webbed ; subarticular tubercles simple; 

 no tarsal fold; the tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the eye. 



Upper parts with small, conical, spiny tubercles; parotoids 

 oval or elliptical, 2 / 3 to 3 / 4 the length of the head. 



Olive above, with darker, insuliform spots; cranial ridges 

 reddish brown. From snout to vent 76 mm. 



Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Habitat: Philippines (Pelawan; Balabak). 



14. Bufo claviger Ptrs. 



Bufo claviger Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1863, p. 405. 

 Bufo claviger Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 31 1 (with figure of head). 

 Bufo claviger v. Kampen, in: Kleiweg de Zwaan, Die Insel Nias bei Sumatra, 

 III, Haag, 191 5, p. 278 (tadpole). 



Habit rather stout. Head broader than long, with a canthal, 

 a narrow supratympanic, a supraorbital and a parietal bony 

 ridge, the two latter ones forming together a nearly straight line 

 and very elevated and much thickened behind ; snout as long 

 as the upper eyelid and as long as deep; canthus rostralis 



